Collection: The Red Knot and Long-Distance Migration

The Red Knot and Long-Distance MigrationThe red knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migrations of any bird, some populations also fly as much as 8,000–9,000 km between stopover sites in a single flight. As a shellfish-e ...

Knots (Calidris canutus islandica) on the way from the Wadden Sea to Greenland just landed at the South Coast of IcelandThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) with young, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

One-day old Red Knots (Calidris canutus canutus), Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) breeding, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) Nest, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) breeding, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Xanthoria Lichen, Olrik Fjord, North-West GreenlandRed lichens are found in the Arctic tundra breeding habitats of the red knot sandpiper. With their reddish breeding plumage the birds are difficult to recognize in the vast tundra areas.

By Peter Prokosch

Breeding habitat of Red Knots (Calidris canutus iskandica), Thule, GreenlandThe Red Knot is breeding with 6 subspecies in the circumpolar high Arctic tundra. Calidris canutus islandica is breeding in the barren lands of North Greenland and North-East Canada. In the very short high Arctic summer...

By Peter Prokosch

One day old Red Knots (Calidris canutus iskandica), Thule, GreenlandThe Red Knot is breeding with 6 subspecies in the circumpolar high Arctic tundra. Calidris canutus islandica is breeding in the barren lands of North Greenland and North-East Canada. In the very short high Arctic summer...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knot (Calidris canutus iskandica) in breeding habitat, Thule, GreenlandThe Red Knot is breeding with 6 subspecies in the circumpolar high Arctic tundra. Calidris canutus islandica is breeding in the barren lands of North Greenland and North-East Canada. In the very short high Arctic summer...

By Peter Prokosch

Nest Red Knot (Calidris canutus iskandica), Thule, GreenlandThe Red Knot is breeding with 6 subspecies in the circumpolar high Arctic tundra. Calidris canutus islandica is breeding in the barren lands of North Greenland and North-East Canada. In the very short high Arctic summer...

By Peter Prokosch

Macoma balthica (Baltic clam), German Wadden SeaMacoma balthica, Baltic clam, a small marine bivalve mollusk, is the main food source of the long distant migratory shorebird species red knot in the Wadden Sea, Iceland, Northern Norway and other spring staging (refuel...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica) at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica) at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern NorwayThe Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...